Head of Engineering
- Pembroke
- Posted 16th May 2012
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Posted by:
Petrie Recruitment
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Salary:
Circa £50,000
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Job Type:
Permanent
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Address:
Oddfellows House
19 Newport Road
Cardiff
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Contact:
02920 440 990
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Reference:
PR3287
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Job Description
- An experienced engineer is needed to manage and provide technical coordination of mechanical, structural, composite, electrical and controls engineers scaling up production volume
- Establish engineering solutions to further in terms of cost reduction (both initial procurement cost and cost of ownership), reliability improvement and power.
- Lead the engineering team in delivering modifications to the existing product
- Lead the engineering team in the development of future new products as and when the business establishes the need for them.
- Ensure support is provided to the installation/maintenance and production teams as required by the business
- Provide weekly and monthly reporting to the COO, and the business as required
- Conduct appraisals and generally ensure the engineering team operate as an efficient and motivated team.
- To maintain “best practice” processes and methods in a fast paced small company environment while continuing to deliver.
- To meet stringent cost and timescale budgets
- To be able to analyse and lead the engineering team in producing innovative product improvements across multiple engineering disciplines (Composites, Mechanical, Aerodynamics, Electrical and Control Systems).
The ideal candidate will have:
- A minimum of 10 years experience of, or significantly skilled in leading engineering teams
- Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
- Chartered engineer (ideally)
- Demonstrable experience managing teams
- Working in and acting as engineering lead of projects
- Experience of working in a small company
- DFMEA & PFMEA experience
- APQP preferable
- 8D
- Working with overseas suppliers
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